U.S. Rivers
What do you call a small trickle of water near the top of the mountain?
A. A Delta
B. A Tributary
C. A Source
What is:
C. A Source
What makes the Yellow River, yellow?
What is:
Silt
What river are piranhas mostly found in?
A. The Rhine River
B. The Congo River
C. The Amazon River
What is:
C.
The Murray and Darling Rivers combine to form a
A. A drainage basin
B. A Stream
C. A man-made lake
What is:
A
What is:
Africa
Being a River Pilot on the Mississippi River is especially difficult because...?
A. The river is frozen solid
B. Many waterfalls
C. The river is constantly changing
What is?
C.
What do the Nile and Yellow River have in common?
A. Transportation for Europe
B. Are located in the same country
C. Provide irrigation to surrounding fields
What is:
C. Provides irrigation to surrounding fields.
True or False:
The Amazon River has the most water out of any river in the world?
What is:
True
The Amazon River is surrounded by what?
A. Ice and snow
B. A lush forest
C. A harsh desert
What is:
B.
Which of the following could you see from a boat on the Nile River?
A. The Eiffel Tower
B. The Ancient Pyramids
C. The Great Wall of China
What is:
B. The Ancient Pyramids
Mark Twain, wrote about these people?
A. The workers of the Egyptian Pyramids
B. The merchants on the Nile River
C. River Pilots of the Mississippi River
What is:
C.
What river is known to flood frequently?
A. Mackenzie River
B. The Ob River
C. The Yangtze
What is:
C. The Yangtze River
The Rhine River and the Danube River are in what continient?
A. Africa
B. South America
C. Europe
What is:
C.
On the Mackenzie River in the Northern Hemisphere you might see this wildlife...
A. Migrating birds
B. Piranhas
C. Hippopotamus
What is:
A.
When a dam is built, which of the following is the results?
A. A waterfall
B. A Gorge
C. A reservoir
What is:
C. A Reservoir
True or false:
Irrigation means watering of crops from moving water
What is:
True
True or False:
The sides of the river are called the canals?
What is:
False, they're called river banks
Where is the Murray River located?
What is:
Australia
Out of all the rivers we've learned, which one are we closest too?
What is:
Mississippi River
An unusual feature of the Ganges River is that is?
A. has the world's largest dam
B. Is considered Holy by the Hindu people
C. Has a delta as its mouth
What is:
B.
Name all 7 continents
Asia
Africa
Australia
Antarctica
Europe
South America
North America
What is the biggest conintnent?
What is
Asia
True or False: Landlocked means to move to a different place.
What is:
False, that is to migrate
What is the smallest continent?
What is:
Australia
The main dangers of navigating the Ob River, which empties in the Arctic Ocean is?
A. Freezing temperatures and ice
B. Shifting Sandbars
C. Powerful Rapids
What is:
A.